Jammin'

Jerry Garcia, bluegrass, and third generation jam -- thriving in Austin and beyond.

"...day, 650,000 music fans show up to see The Band, the Grateful Dead, and the Allman Brothers. Despite the..."

Sept. 5, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Hill Country Breakdown

"...young men similarly attired, all of them toting acoustic stringed instruments, and broke into a medium tempo bluegrass tune,..."

June 4, 1999 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

High Plains Chamber

The Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin Chamber Music Center's annual summer festival in July, is based in Amarillo, and though that may not seem like a likely spot for a chamber music ensemble, the members of the Harrington Quartet feel quite at home on the range.

"...Amarillo Ramp. And it is home to the Harrington String Quartet, which makes its third appearance with the Austin..."

July 11, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

ACL Music Fest Preview

"...FRIDAYBeto & the Fairlanes Noon, Austin Ventures stage..."

Sept. 15, 2006 Music Feature

Burning Brights

Billy and Bryn Bright, yes they do.

"...matter which route you travel, it's an hour from Austin to Wimberley. Nestled in the Hill Country west of..."

June 27, 2003 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep

ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35

"...process, Brockhampton redefined the mainstream's definition of a boy band. By trading bland pop for righteous rhymes intertwined with..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Music Feature by Jeremy Steinberger

100 Local SXSW Music Acts

A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest

"...Sat. 18, Bar 96, 11pm Nearly 15 years on, Austin's Ortiz brothers continue to stoke the fires of hard..."

March 17, 2017 Music Feature by The Music Staff

The New Rites of Spring

The Last Word in Instrumental Rock

"...the spring of 1996 to watch an up-and-coming instrumental band from Chicago, one such moment occurred in the unlikely..."

April 27, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Chamy

Dancing About Architecture

Our resident Marshmallow Peep relates the news and hearsay in and around the Live Music Capital...

"...bassist did just that by dying last Thursday (see bandmate Davy Jones' obit), the same day that other bickering..."

April 6, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Sheik to Sheik

Crazy Heart wasn't Stephen Bruton's only last project, and we have Geoff Muldaur & the Texas Sheiks to thank for that

"...website reads gospel enough: "Geoff Muldaur originally recruited his bandmates to record a song for a planned Mississippi Sheiks..."

Feb. 19, 2010 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Realms of Inspiration

Erik Hokkanen, Finnish and fiddling in Austin

"...Sure, the strains of Stephane Grappelli imbue the longtime Austinite's violin playing, and the ghost of Django Reinhart accompanies..."

Dec. 2, 2005 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...Crowning NARAS' annual Latin fiesta on the shores of Austin's best venue are Mexico City's musical Teotihuacan – El..."

March 19, 2004 Music Feature

Radio Coffee Beer & Folk

Native son Jack Wilson, behind the bar and onstage

"...Wilson relishes entrenchments where songs thrive, the Kerrville Folk Festival and Old Settler's Music Festival, for example. Yet he..."

Aug. 15, 2014 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Dancing About Architecture

The outdoor shows continue …

"...good given this weekend's outdoor events. Among them, the Austin Bob Marley festival runs noon-10pm Saturday and Sunday at..."

April 19, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Shostakovich 100 Schedule

"...two piano concertos, a handful of symphonies, a dozen string quartets, and a score of songs – Shostakovich 100..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Three for the Road

Dream team scions Warren Hood and Emily Gimble add up 58 years of Austin roots

"...Sure enough, he's sporting a shiny band of gold on his right hand, but that's not..."

July 12, 2013 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Blue Rhapsody

The kickoff to the Austin Chamber Music Center's 12th festival was as much theatre as it was concert

"...ad for the opening gala of a chamber music festival? Austin Chamber Music Center Artistic Director Michelle Schumann and..."

July 18, 2008 Arts Review by Michael Kellerman

Thursday Picks

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...subject to changeTHE GOURDS8pm, Town Lake @ Auditorium Shores Austin's beloved bad-boy roots-rock quintet produced one of their best..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...All roads lead to Austin come March 13-18. South by Southwest Music 2023 invites..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Housecore Horror Live Shot No.4 – Grand Finale

Goblins spook life into a long last day of extremes

"...on the final day of the film and music festival, I’m the walking dead...."

Oct. 28, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

What the Folk?

The 2006 Folk Alliance washes ashore in Austin – brace the bulkheads!

"...Country Music Association is probably the best known, but Austinites are likely familiar with Memphis' Blues Foundation and the..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Reflections

SXSW Film Conference and Festival '98

"...the holidays, as emotions stretch like an overtuned guitar string. The cabdriver, soulfully played by Paul Dillon in Cybulski..."

March 20, 1998 Screens Feature

Live Shots

"...OLD SETTLERS BLUEGRASS & ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL..."

April 18, 1997 Music Feature

Parker Woodland, Good Looks, and More Crucial Concerts

Album releases, artist departures, and more recommended shows

"...adding free-range improvisation to melodies derived from the region. Bandleaders Joshua Thomson (alto sax) and Josh Peters (oud) will..."

June 7, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White

Robert Earl Keen

Inside REK's inner sanctum, the "Scriptorium"

"...The Texas Hill Country stretches endlessly into the distance, Bandera beyond the rising ridge, and at night, the faint..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

A2K Meets 'ACL'

The rise of Charlie Jones, local promoter extraordinaire, ACL Fest main man.

"...rescue of what's arguably the largest mass gathering in Austin history, downtown's A2K celebration...."

Sept. 20, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Faerie Tales

Another Scene? The Original Scene

"...feeling," says Marie Van Wart, former president of the Austin chapter of the Gaelic League, and current president of..."

Aug. 15, 1997 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...the buttons off their embroidered tailcoats at the way Austin not only keeps the classical music of the past..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Bonnaroo (From the Pit)

"...closer, I laid out my best idea for the bands I wanted to shoot, going over it time and..."

June 19, 2008 Music Post by Gary Miller

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Thursday

"...BELAIRE7:30pm, Emo's IV Everyone loves to dance and smile. Austin fourpiece Belaire is a collaboration between twin sisters Cari..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

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